Irving Finkel

And they use a word, I'll give you an example.

Yeah.

Right?

Like I went.

Like I went.

Like I went.

Yeah.

So it's difficult to define that grammatically.

Difficult, like I should have gone.

Where I went or I should have gone means to speak.

Now, how would it be if when we see the verb to go in Sumerian, it actually meant to speak?

How, where would we be?

Where would we be?

Yes, there were dialects.

There were words that sailors used.

For sure, all those things.

Sometimes they do.

And have emojis and... But the thing is, you have to moderate your vocabulary if you talk to people of a certain age because they don't know what the fuck you're talking about if you use language exactly.

And the thing which is so exquisite about English is like with a barrister, you can make a case which is absolutely...

wonderful because it says exactly what it means and there's no wriggle room and the conversation should be like that with no wriggle room it's not it's not just a matter of spelling but the basic vocabulary you know something very interesting people say they know english or they speak english